How do you think a Tuareg's life might be different from that of someone who lives along the Nile?
The Tuareges would most likely be farmers and they would not mine salt
What is the weather like in the dry parts of the Sahara?
very unperdictible
In what ways do people react to environmental conditions in different areas of the Sahara?
the government try to control it and build dams and things like that
In what ways are people trying to control their environment?
The government builds dams to irrigate the land
Why do farmers use irrigation?
So they can grow better crops and the econimie becomes better
How do dams affect farming?
They affect the flooding of the Nile River witch irrigates the land
How is the land changing in the Sahel?
Sahel's land is changing because there is little rain fall so grass and shrubs cant grow so cattle and live stock over graze and then people cut down trees for fire wood witch loosens the soil and then it there for blows away
The Tuareges would most likely be farmers and they would not mine salt
What is the weather like in the dry parts of the Sahara?
very unperdictible
In what ways do people react to environmental conditions in different areas of the Sahara?
the government try to control it and build dams and things like that
In what ways are people trying to control their environment?
The government builds dams to irrigate the land
Why do farmers use irrigation?
So they can grow better crops and the econimie becomes better
How do dams affect farming?
They affect the flooding of the Nile River witch irrigates the land
How is the land changing in the Sahel?
Sahel's land is changing because there is little rain fall so grass and shrubs cant grow so cattle and live stock over graze and then people cut down trees for fire wood witch loosens the soil and then it there for blows away